Sportech PLC
27 September 2005




                    Sportech PLC ("Sportech" or "the Company")

                               Directorate Change

The Board of Directors of Sportech PLC is pleased to announce the appointment of
Ian Penrose as Chief Executive. Ian will commence full-time duties with effect
from 1 October 2005.

The Board would like to thank Roger Withers, who has been acting in an interim
capacity as Managing Director since November 2004, for his considerable
contribution to Sportech over the past year. Roger will revert to being a
non-executive director of Sportech.

Ian, 40, joins Sportech from Arena Leisure Plc ("Arena") where he led the
company since May 2001, initially as Group Managing Director and then as Chief
Executive. Ian, a chartered accountant, has extensive commercial experience of
the leisure and media industry having worked for Arena since 1998. During this
time, Arena has built a strong and profitable racecourse business whilst also
establishing a successful media rights and distribution business through At The
Races, its joint venture with BSkyB, and leading UK racecourses. Arena is now
the UK's number one racecourse operator, hosting 27% of all racing in the UK.

Ian will remain a part-time consultant to Arena until March 2006.

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Further information:

As of 1 October 2005, Ian will have resigned from the Board of Arena Leisure
Plc. He has held no other Directorships in public listed companies within the
past five years. The Company confirms that there is no further information to
disclose under Listing Rule 9.6.13 R.


Enquiries

Sportech PLC
David Mathewson, Chairman                                0151 288 3244

Bell Pottinger Corporate & Financial
David Rydell / Charlotte Kirkham                         020 7861 3232


About Sportech PLC

Sportech PLC provides a variety of betting and gaming opportunities to over 1.7m
customers through its betting and gaming brand, Littlewoods Gaming.

Drawing on over 80 years of experience, Littlewoods Gaming has developed a
wide-ranging product portfolio, which includes football pools and football
games, sports betting and on-line casino, poker and entertainment games. The
company has an exclusive agreement with ITV to provide interactive digital
content for ITVi.

Sportech is continually developing access to its gaming products through a
network of channels including interactive television, the internet, mobile
phones, telephone, post and a UK network of collectors who visit customers in
their homes.

Sportech PLC is listed on the London Stock Exchange.  For more information,
visit www.sportech-plc.co.uk



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